School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. Food Colloids and Bioprocessing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with ...

Fungal biology is the scientific discipline that concerns the biology of fungi, which include unicellular microorganisms as well as large multicellular organisms. Fungal biology is sometimes ...

New living fungus-based building material repairs itself for over a month ... They plan to further improve the materials by ...

DURING a recent study of a large number of strains of Aspergillus niger we observed a morphological feature not hitherto recorded, so far as we know, for the A. niger group. The mycelium growing ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Health officials in Montana confirmed the state's first-ever case of the fungal infection Candida auris this week. The fungal infection is multidrug resistant and is most often ...

Preventing fungal infections involves both lifestyle hygiene and protection of the body’s natural defenses. There is a rise in untreatable fungal infections, indicating that the pathogens are ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these networks form. 0:10 Researchers are trying to understand the underground ...

Could the next public health crisis be caused by a fungus? Such an emergency is the basis of the post-apocalypse TV drama series The Last Of Us, which has returned for its second season on Sky ...

AM fungi make threads of hyphae thinner than spider silk and weave them through plant roots. Then, they begin to trade, offering plants water and phosphorus, a vital plant nutrient in soils.

A man in China was diagnosed with a serious fungal lung infection reportedly caused by a rather unusual habit- regularly sniffing his dirty socks. The incident, which took place in Chongqing in ...